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plugin container hangs if flash player is enabled if disabled no problem

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miles2012
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I HAVE THE LATEST FIREFOX AND THE LATEST FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN, WHEN FLASH PLAYER IS CALLED THE COMPUTER HANGS ,IF I END PLUGIN CONTAINER WITH TASK MANAGER COMPUTER CLEARS UNTIL FLASH PLAYER IS CALLED AGAIN.OTHER PLUGINS DO NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS THANKYOU

I HAVE THE LATEST FIREFOX AND THE LATEST FLASH PLAYER PLUGIN, WHEN FLASH PLAYER IS CALLED THE COMPUTER HANGS ,IF I END PLUGIN CONTAINER WITH TASK MANAGER COMPUTER CLEARS UNTIL FLASH PLAYER IS CALLED AGAIN.OTHER PLUGINS DO NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS THANKYOU

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Update to Firefox 9.0.1 and see of that is better.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

cor-el
cor-el
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Also make sure that you allow the plugin-container process in the firewall.